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Reading on Water Governance

Billions of people have no access to clean drinking water or safe sanitation. Water scarcity threatens food and energy production or leads to conflict.

Populism: consequences for global sustainable development

Marschall, Paul / Stephan Klingebiel (2019)
Briefing Paper 8/2019

Populist trends carry significant threats when it comes to dealing with cross-border challeng-es. States with strong populist outlooks can slow down global sustainable development. Conse-quently, countries less affected by such outlooks should take on key roles.

The AU-EU summit in October 2020

Online, 28. May 2020

Coping with the Corona crisis will significantly shape the cooperation between Germany and the EU with African partners in the coming months and years. Cooperation with Africa has been gaining in importance in the EU in the face of migration policy and increasing economic and geopolitical competition with China, Russia and other actors.…

Mit Influencern lernen: gemeinsam.nachhaltig.verändern

Berlin, 15. January 2020

Klimakrise, Artensterben, Ungleichheit: Zurzeit erleben wir eine große Mobilisierung für Klima und Nachhaltigkeit u.a. durch die Fridays for Future Bewegung. Immer mehr Unternehmen entwickeln nachhaltige Alternativen zu bestehenden Produkten, und Influencer*innen verschaffen den Themen über soziale Medien mehr Aufmerksamkeit. Dennoch…

Repositioning but where – Is the UNDS fit for middle-income countries?

Schulz, Nils-Sjard (2018)
Briefing Paper 14/2018

The United Nations Development System must improve and expand its assistance for middle-income countries to put the 2030 Agenda in practice, in particular by aligning to MIC policy processes, providing high-quality support and making financing a priority.

Unlocking the irrigation potential in sub-Saharan Africa: are public-private partnerships the way forward?

Scheumann, Waltina / Annabelle Houdret / Michael Brüntrup (2017)
Briefing Paper 7/2017

Can public-private partnerships in irrigation improve food security in Africa? Our briefing paper argues that it is possible if partnerships go beyond irrigation, farmers are organized and supported, and governments secure stable conditions especially for land and water use and protect public goods.

Taxing carbon as an instrument of green industrial policy in developing countries

Pegels, Anna (2016)
Discussion Paper 23/2016

This study reviews evidence on competitiveness, employment and distributional effects of carbon taxes with a view on informing the decisions of policy makers and bureaucrats in developing and emerging countries. It emphasizes design options to mitigate negative and generate positive effects.

The troubled relationship of the emerging powers and the effective development cooperation agenda: history, challenges and opportunities

Bracho, Gerardo (2017)
Discussion Paper 25/2017

The Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation initially included three main providers of South-South Cooperation: China, India and Brazil. Two years later they left, hurting the Partnership.This paper explores how they joined, why they left and suggests how they could return.

Compact with Africa: fostering private long-term investment in Africa

Kappel, Robert / Birte Pfeiffer / Helmut Reisen (2017)
Discussion Paper 13/2017

How can the G20 Initiative “Compact with Africa” promote long-term investment in Africa? What is the potential role of institutional assets for infrastructure investment in Africa? Which preconditions are necessary to ensure that private investment drives structural change in Africa?

Future of the Global Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation

Johannesburg, 02. February 2017

Against the background of a record year for multilateralism with the adoption of the 2030 Agenda, the Paris Climate Agreement and the Addis Ababa Action Agenda, expectations for the Second High-level Meeting (HLM2) of the Global Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation (GPEDC) in Nairobi in December 2016 have been high.…

Global Justice through Global Goals?

Bonn, 05. October 2015

Joshua Castellino , member of the global SDSN Leadership Council and Dean of the School of Law at Middlesex University, looked at the new 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through the lens of “global justice”. The pursuit of SDGs will keep raising questions of justice, which need to be…

Now is the time. Rio+20 must succeed

Now is the time. Rio+20 must succeed International experts call upon their governments: Now is the time. Rio+20 must succeed Press Release of 4 July 2011 One year before Rio+20, the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD), 13 high-ranking international experts from seven countries call upon their governments in a joint statement to prepare concrete summit results. World leaders should rise to the occasion and agree upon an ambitious green economy…

Research Colloquium on Triangular Cooperation

, 25. February 2025

Triangular cooperation brings together partners across the North-South divide to address development-related concerns and strengthen partnerships. Triangular schemes often consist of multilateral bodies and traditional donors supporting (bilateral) South-South cooperation endeavours and have been said to centre on three sets of roles:…

Rio+20 and the future of the UN sustainability architecture: what can we expect?

Bauer, Steffen / Silke Weinlich (2012)
Briefing Paper 6/2012

The Impact of Emerging Power: China-EU cooperation and global governance

Bonn, 28. June 2011

The German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) hosted the final conference of the ERA-NET CO-REACH project “ The Impact of Emerging Power: China-EU cooperation and global governance ” from 28-29 June 2011. Over the past 20 months, researchers from the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), the…

Financing global development: Beware of ‘end poverty’ euphoria and trigger-happy reform of concessional finance

Garroway, Christopher / Helmut Reisen (2015)
Briefing Paper 12/2015

The client base of concessional finance windows at the major multilateral development banks is shrinking, yet extreme poverty globally may still amount to more than half a billion in 2025. This Briefing Paper offers strategic options for the multilateral soft windows to maintain their relevance.

Research Colloquium on Triangular Cooperation

Online, 15. July 2025

Triangular cooperation brings together partners across the North-South divide to address development-related concerns and strengthen partnerships. Triangular schemes often consist of multilateral bodies and traditional donors supporting (bilateral) South-South cooperation endeavours and have been said to centre on three sets of roles:…

Drought resilience in Sub-Saharan Africa

Bonn, 06. April 2017

Drought is one of the four horsemen of the Apocalypse. It often has large-scale and serious consequences particularly in poor countries. It has accompanied humankind ever since, but is projected to increase with climate change. Yet, in our present time drought no longer needs to be a disaster, its consequences can be managed, though it is…

Regional expertise on Latin America

Regional expertise on Latin America: This page brings together thematic work of the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) for the Latin American region. You can find information on relevant publications, events, projects and contacts to the Institute’s researchers with specific regional expertise.

Corona and development cooperation

Special "The Corona Virus and international development cooperation": Experts from IDOS explore the developmental and socioeconomic consequences of the corona crisis.